#CDBD42#CDBD42

#CDBD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.141 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD42
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -8.40, 61.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 62.06, 97.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.0288 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.141 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3597, 49.7696, 12.4231)
Luminance	0.4977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD42 #4252CD

analogous

#CD7842 #CDBD42 #97CD42

triadic

#CDBD42 #42CDBD #BD42CD

tetradic

#CDBD42 #42CD78 #4252CD #CD4297

square

#CDBD42 #42CD78 #4252CD #CD4297

split-complementary

#CDBD42 #4297CD #7842CD

monochromatic

#766C1F #A6982C #CDBD42 #DACE72 #E7DFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CDBD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#CDBD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD42

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD42	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.141 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d07d',
    500: '#cdbd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd42;
$custom-light: #e0d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.094,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78961,
    "c": 0.14087,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD42

secondary

#979ED3

accent

#58E146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD42

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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